i mean, this comes, as you mentioned, right after the election. it was a shock. you talk to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. and they were stunned up on capitol hill. many of them putting out statements about praising david petraeus for his career not only as a military officer but at the cia. disappointed that he is no longer going to be there. but, as you mentioned, it also comes five days before his testimony scheduled on the benghazi hearings. the attack in libya that led to the death of and the murder of the u.s. ambassador and three others. now, there is nothing to say that he couldn't testify before those hearings. he is not scheduled to now. but he could be subpoenaed. he could be compelled to testify or he could voluntarily testify. he still could testify but as of right now, he is not scheduled to. >> well, you know, bret, i know from your reporting earlier today. you have beenworking the story. i understand at least one of your sources has spoken directly to petraeus. and it's one thing to issue a statement, a press release. but what is petraeus t